Designed for first-time, full-time, first-year students. First Year Seminar (FYS) provides a comprehensive introduction to college-level learning. Seminar courses are developed around an academic theme or topic that is based on one of Ramapo College's academic pillars. First-Year students will have the opportunity to select a seminar that best suits their interests while learning about Ramapo's academic foundation. The First-Year Seminar course helps students in their transition from high school to college life both in and out of the classroom. The common learning outcomes of FYS are: critical and creative thinking, college-level writing, oral communication, information literacy, and technological competency. FYS classes are small to emphasize open discussion and experiential learning within the theme of the seminar course. Peer facilitators play an essential role in each FYS class ensuring that first-year students have guidance from a more experienced student. FYS is also the home of the Ramapo Summer Reading Program; all first-year students read the same book and discuss and write about it in their seminars. FYS encourages new students to participate in a community of learners, to strengthen their critical thinking skills, and to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Pathways Linking Academic and Career Experiences (PLACE), is designed to introduce first year students to the career exploration process during the college years. Through activities, assessments, lectures, workshops and class discussions, students will examine the basic components of the exploration process which include; self, educational and world of work information, as it relates to career and life long planning. Interest, values and skills assessments will be administered, to aid in the discovery of self exploration and self awareness. Students will learn the decision making process and how to identify their own decision making styles, which are critical skill to the career life planning process. Students will complete career research projects, and participate in experiential learning workshops, career panels and information interviews with professionals, to gain knowledge on their field of interest. Students will develop a four year career development plan and career portfolio, which represents personal goals and achievements, acquired throughout the collegiate experience.
0.000 TO 2.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 2.000 Lecture hours

The Career Achievement Program (CAP) is a two-credit course modeling career development theory designed to engage students in leadership and professional development. Through assessment, lecture, collaborative learning, workshops, class presentations and guest speakers students will focus on the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in their chosen career. Open to junior and senior students, this advanced course will actively involve students in the exploration of occupations, research into graduate and professional schools and mastery of soft skills (communication and interviewing). Students will complete this course with the essential documents (resume and cover letter) and relevant goal setting and job search strategies to transition into the next phase of their career. The course emphasizes professionalism, life-long planning, and the successful integration of an individual's personal goals with the development of their professional goals.
0.000 TO 2.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 2.000 Lecture hours

This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This seminar will provide individuals returning to complete their bachelor's degrees the knowledge and skills that they need for success at Ramapo College and beyond. In a variety of formats--in-class, one-on-one, and online--students will explore major concepts in social science and humanities as an introduction to their majors and career goals and will develop technology, oral and written communication, and research skills while they explore major, internship, and career options. In addition, all students will conduct a major research project in their chosen fields. For students who hope to receive additional PLEX credit, this project and other supporting materials will become part of a portfolio that they will submit for possible PLEX credit.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

There is an obvious and demonstrable value to having upper class students perform roles of peer facilitators to first semester students. This role, however, is varied and encompasses everything from providing academic guidance and active listening, to serving as a role model. The course will define those roles and parameters, and then tech the skills and content areas so that students are prepared for the Fall semester. Additionally, the course will cover personality typology, particularly as they relate to teaching and learning styles, as well as pedagogical theory. By the end of this course, student peer facilitators will know their roles and be able to function efficiently in assisting the course instructors in First Year Seminar. The fall Peer Facilitation Fieldwork class will serve as the academic component of the FYS peer facilitation curriculum with the FYS instructors serving as field supervisors. This will be the experiential component of the program.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course is the academic complement to the Peer Facilitation field component of First Year Seminar. Through lecture, guest speakers, journaling, role-playing, specialized texts and other material, the active peer facilitator will receive ongoing skills assessment, professional and peer support, supervision, guidance, and practice in all the particulars necessary to the implementation of the complex roles they bring to assisting instructors and to providing mentorship, peer counseling, academic advisement, personal and academic support and role modeling for first year students. This course, in conjunction with First Year Seminar, will put into practice the theoretical material learned in the spring course, Theories of Peer Facilitation.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

An understanding of sustainability requires an interdisciplinary lens to bring together information from the natural sciences, social sciences, policy, and business fields. Sustainability issues explored in this course include food (and hunger), environmental (social) justice, natural resource management (including energy and water resources), and climat change (it's causes, effects, and science-, economic- and policy-based mitigation strategies). These issues are global in nature; while many of the problems faced in the natural world ignore political boundaries, the solutions and effects may differ within and between developed and developing nations.
The course has two major foci: (1) to introduce students to the notion of a sustainable lifestyle and promote that lifestyle on campus, and (2) to examine current topics in sustainability at the regional, national and global scales. The Service Learning Component requires each student to engage in a service activity on campus (off-campus activities may be possible) and produce a Service Learning journal.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours